13/05/2023
For most, Zoom is a great way to conduct depositions and does make it very convenient for all. However, doing video depositions via Zoom can be problematic from a videography standpoint.
With Zoom, the witness's video image is what it is. The videographer cannot fully adjust the quality of the video. In addition, if the witness's camera freezes or gets pixelated, that is how it will be recorded.
At Elite, while we do video depositions via Zoom, we always encourage our clients to do in person video depositions.
Why? Simply put...we control the video quality. We can zoom in and out, pan left and right and adjust our aperture or the room lighting.
If it is preferred that everyone appear via Zoom, we recommend at least having our videographer go to the witness's location. We can bring a laptop to connect everyone else in remotely.